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Court Slaps Texas Crypto Miners With Mandamus Loss Texas appellate judges just slammed the door on a crypto mining company’s last-ditch attempt to dodge state-court oversight, ruling that Envy Blockchain and its affiliates must face their civil lawsuit in El Paso instead of escaping to federal court. The decision keeps pressure on an industry already…

Court Hands Crypto Founders Rare Delaware Win Over Corporate Control Diamond Fortress Technologies and its co-founder Charles Hatcher just scored a Delaware court victory that could ripple through every token project still structured as a Delaware corporation. The ruling hands founders breathing room when investors try to seize control via board fights, and it signals…

Court Slams Brakes on SEC’s Coinbase Campaign The Fifth Circuit just handed the SEC a stinging rebuke in its long-running fight with Coinbase, ruling that the agency overstepped its authority by treating unregistered digital assets as securities without first proving they meet the legal test. The decision sends shockwaves through crypto markets, curbing the SEC’s…

Court Hands CFTC Rare Win Over Monex in Metals Trading Case The Ninth Circuit just reversed a lower court and ruled that the CFTC can bring enforcement actions against Monex for selling leveraged metals contracts without registration. The decision is a direct blow to the idea that trading platforms can escape federal oversight simply by…

SEC Snaps Bilzerian’s Chain, Courts Close the Loophole In a terse five-page order, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth slammed the door on a 2001 injunction that barred Paul Bilzerian and his circle from filing new lawsuits without prior court approval. The ruling reasserts the SEC’s long-standing authority to police repeat offenders and signals that even…

Court Rejects SEC’s Bitcoin ETF Double Standard The D.C. Circuit just handed Grayscale a decisive win and the SEC a public rebuke. The three-judge panel ruled that the Commission’s refusal to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded product was arbitrary and capricious, because the agency had already green-lit nearly identical bitcoin futures ETFs….